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Aeschylus: Suppliants (Hardcover)
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Aeschylus: Suppliants (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Many of the themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants - the treatment of
refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions
on war and peace, political deception - resonate strongly in the
world of today. The play was, however, for many years neglected in
comparison to Aeschylus' other works, probably in part because it
was wrongly believed to be very early and hence 'primitive', and
this edition, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and
graduate students, is the first since 1889 to offer an accessible
English commentary based on the Greek text. This provides
particular help with the peculiarities of tragic, especially
Aeschylean, Greek. An extensive introduction discusses the Danaid
myth and its many variations, the four-play production (tetralogy)
of which Suppliants formed part, the underlying social and
religious issues and presuppositions, the conditions of
performance, and the place of Suppliants in Aeschylus' work, among
other topics.
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